RT Article
T1 The futility and necessity of human rights in an era of carceral hyperinflation
JF Carceral communities in Latin America
SP 233
OP 245
A1 Wacquant, Loïc 1960-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/194571011X
AB The prison is linked to a multiplicity of social institutions and forces, including struggles inside the state. The notion of human rights is typically invoked by educated elites with a stake in applying supportive social treatment (the feminine Left hand of the state) in opposition to rival agencies who purport to resolve social problems through disciplinary sanctions (the masculine Right hand). Human rights discourses veil the catastrophic conditions of mass detention in Latin America. Yet, they also serve a guide and goad. Practical steps Chilean authorities should put into practice include reducing the use of prison and prison overcrowding, improving physical conditions and integrating public services, elevating the status and quality of prison staff, and moving responsibility for prison to the Ministry of Social Development.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 244-245
SN 9783030614980